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previous day. He was not up to a butterfly-net, and was 

 delighted when I showed him the one I brought with me from 

 England and explained the modus operandi.'" With this letter 

 were enclosed, for my identification, two Tortrices, which are the 

 veritable pomonana. I think the moth must have greatly in- 

 creased in numbers since the year 1879, when I paid a month's 

 visit (from Sydney) to Tasmania. In that year I collected 

 Lepidoptera at Deloraine and Evandale in the north, and at 

 Hobart and Brighton in the south, without making personal 

 acquaintance with the Codlin Moth; nor do I remember hearing 

 much about its devastations, but now every Tasmanian news- 

 paper that reaches me contains allusion to the pest. Tasmania 

 is celebrated for its apples, which are much finer than those 

 grown on the Australian Continent, whither, in consequence, 

 they are exported very largely. It is quite possible that some of 

 your readers may be prepared to suggest, from personal expe- 

 rience or other sources, useful hints for the diminution or 

 annihilation of this foe, so ruinous to the apple-grower in Van 

 Diemen's Land. — (Rev.) Gilbert H. Raynor ; Fairview, Brent- 

 wood, February 10, 1888. 



Nepticula mindsculella in Lancashire. — I am now breed- 

 ing this species from pear-leaves found last October; also 

 N. hodgkinsonli and Micropteryx sparmanella, the latter from 

 birch. — J. B. Hodgkinson ; Ashton-on-Ribble, April 17, 1888. 



Captures at Sallows in Herefordshire. — Sallow-bloom was 

 unusually late this spring hereabout, some lasting well into May. 

 The following Lepidoptera were captured : — Anticlea hadiata, 

 a few, from April 13th. Anisopteryx cescularia, one, April 13th. 

 Asphalla ridens, one, April 30th. Pachnohia leucographa, fairly 

 common, April 11th to 30th. P. riibricosa, about nine or ten, 

 April 13th to May 0th. Tceniocampa gotliica, abundant always. 

 T. incerta, not taken at all freely, but always present. T. opima, 

 April 38th to May 6th. This is the first record of the insect we 

 have. It seems later than the others, and to prefer a warm 

 night. Taken freely, April 30th and May 6th. T. populeti, April 

 7th to 18th, rather freely. T. stahilis, abundant always. T. 

 gracilis, April 14th to May 6th, freely. T. miiiiosa, one specimen. 

 May 1st. T. munda, April 7th to 18th, common. T, pulveru- 

 lenta, abundant always. Cerastis vaccinii, in considerable quantity 



